94 year old great-grandmother Clara has been videotaped by her grandson as she prepares meals that she and her family ate during the Great Depression. In an attempt to capture not only the recipes and the methods of preparation but Clara’s stories and memories of the time, she and her grandson have created quite an archive of precious videos!
I’ve previously written about several, including Sicilian Fig Cookies parts one and two, Depression breakfast, dandelion salad, pasta with peas, and poorman’s meal.
In the video above, Clara prepares Eggplant Parmesan, though she says right off the bat that she actually makes it …read more

A new “season” of Great Depression Cooking with Clara has been produced! I was very happy to have stumbled across this the other day, as I actually found myself wondering last week how Clara was doing and if she and her grandson had any plans for more videos. I’m glad they did, and Clara looks to be doing well!
Great Depression Cooking with Clara is pretty self-explanatory: In an effort to preserve his grandmother’s recipes as well as her memories of growing up during the Great Depression, one of Clara’s grandsons started video taping Clara as she prepares an economical meal …read more